Window-curtain and pillow-sham supporter



(.No Model.)

B W FARNHAM WINDOW CURTAIN AND PILLOW SHAM SUPPORTEB.

wiweooao provided in or upon curtains or shams.

UNITED TATES ATENT Fries.

EDWVARD WILSON FARNHAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,619, dated February11, 1896.

Application filed S temb r 8,1895. Serial No. 561,263. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD WILsoN FARN- HAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful WVindew-Curtain and Pillow-ShamSupporter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in window-curtain supporters andpillow-sham holders, whereby the use of clumsy poles and brackets isobviated; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a goodsubstantial supporter for curtains and pillowshams which will bepractically invisible; second, to obviate the necessity for the use ofpoles and pole-brackets and provide a means of support easily put up andremoved, and when removed to be packed in a small space, and, third, toprovide a support that will remove the necessity for rings and pins forholding curtains and shams by passing the supporter through small shirrsor loops made and I attain-these objects bythe use of clutch-bracketsand adjustable wire line, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a window, showing thecurtain-supporter in position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of head-board of bedstead, showingpillow-sham holder in position. Fig. 3 is a view of the bracket acrossthe face of window or bedstead. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the bracketsin position and looking from the top thereof. Fig. 5 is a view of thepermanent collar upon the end of wire supporter, showing adjustable balland ornamental tip thereon. Fig. 6 is a section of adj ustableclutch-ball used upon the opposite end of the wire supporter to adjustthe length to the varied widths of windows and bed ends,

showing method of fastening wire supporter across the window or bedsteadto the other.

bracket A, where it is placed in similar position in bracket A and theball G adjusted by being turned down upon screw b provided until thesupporter B is of the required tension to properly support the curtainsor shams. In order to attain these results, the ends of the wire B mustbe secured in an adjustable manner. This I accomplish by providing atube or collar of proper length and size to slip over the wire, and uponwhich collar I providea screw-thread corresponding with nut in balls GG. One end of the wire Bis passed through collar 61 and permanentlysoldered therein. The other end of the wire Bis passed through collar dand the end looped back into the collar, as shown in Fig. 6, and a smallbrad e or other suitable wedge inserted in the collar between the twosides of the loop and the wire drawn into the collar, thus making itpossible to adjust the supporter to any desired length. This done thecollars d and cl are placed in slots a a of brackets A and A and tips Gand G screwed down upon collars d d into the countersunk seats F F untilthe proper tension is given to supporter B.

The object of the countersunk seats F F is to prevent the supporter fromslipping out of the slots a a, the latter being on a horizontal planewith bracket when in position.

It is obvious that other forms of brackets or clutches might besubstituted and yet the same results attained.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a curtain and pillow-sham supporter, of aflexible cord or wire, adjustable collars or sleeves attached to itsends, adjusting and securin g balls or tips, and suitable brackets forthe support of same, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a curtain and pillowsham supporter of a flexiblecord or wire of suitable length to span the window or bed end,adjustable collars or sleeves through which the ends of the flexiblesupporter are passed and secured, the one permanently and the otheradjustably, tension retaining balls or tips, and suitable brackets,which when attached to the window or bed end will resist thelongitudinal tension strain of the supporter, and suitable to carry theweight of the curtains or pillow-Shams, all substantially as set forth.

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3. The cornbination,in window-curtain and pillow-sham supporters, of aflexible cord or wire 13 or other suitable material, having adjustablecollars or sleeves d (1 provided with a screw-thread and through whichthe ends of the supporter B are passed and fastened, adjusting balls ortips G G, provided with suitable nut to operate upon the thread ofcollars or sleeves d d, and thereby give supporter B sufficient tensionto support the curtain or other fabric, brackets A A having a projectingright-angled foot or step to form a bearing against the window-framesuflicient to resist the tension strain of the supporter B when drawninto position across the window or bed, and provided with slots ornotches a a in their outer extension suitable to hold the collars orsleeves cl d of supporter B in position, all substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in curtain and pillowrest when the supporter B isgiven proper tension, thus preventing the supporter from pulling offfrom the bracket, all substantially as set forth.

\VILSON FARNIIAM.

\Vitnesses:

GUY MANNEY, J. P. STREET.

